To all whom it may concern



@uiten tutes -gstrntffira s. B.VH1LL,-lononico1 nn, tMASSAGEUsET'rs,l ASSIGNORl To HIMSELN, LEVI t B; TAYLQR, HAND CHARLES n. LANG, or SAME; PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 88,545,4 date`d August 4,1868; antedated July 18, 1868.

IMPROVED TASSBL-FASTENING.

TO ALL `WHOM 'IT MAY `CONCERNE K I Y Be it known that I, S. B. HILL,-of Chicopee, in the county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have :made and invented a new and useful Tassel-Fastening; and Ido "hereby declare that the lfollowing is a full,

clear,and exact description of the construetionrand manner of using the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, in which.-

. Figure is a perspective view of the bobbin and cord,

Figure 2 a' perspective view of' the spring-fastening, and Figure 3 a longitudinal section ofthe bobbin.

My invention relates to a tassel-fastening or device for hangingor attaching to cords such tassels as are formed around orfconstructed 'lon wooden or otherbobbins or core-blocks, and consists inmaking the hole through the bobbin b smaller at one end than at therother, and thus forming a shoulder, e, at anyrdesirable point along the interior of the bobbin, but which shoulder prefer to have nea-r the upper end thereof, as seen ing. 3, y l

And, further, I construct of brass or other suitable elastic wire or material', what I term the spring-fastening a., iig. 2, and I provide such fastening with one, two, or more coils atthctop thereof', as a meansof attaching the cord c thereto, and for the purpose of. giving elasticity to the.' arms, the lower ends of which I lbend'or turn outwardthus forming hooks or projections lintended to catch. andv fasten themselves on the shoulder e, andprevent the springs drawing out of the bobbin. .Y

vTo hang'tassjels with my device, it is only necessary to tie aknot in the'end of cord c, place such knotted end between the arms of spring n, and draw the cord upwerdm'when-it will beformed between 'the wires forming the coil ofsuch spring, the knot being within the coil; .compress and insert the arms of spring a in the hole of bobbin b, and push such spring downward into the bobbin-until the bent ends of the arms catch an'd fastenon the shoulder e.

To detach the tassel fromthe cord, push lbotlrthe spring and cord by means ofn small rod or sto-ck', quitethrough the bobbin, when thesprnga is readily removed, andthe cord withdrawn.

It is manifest' that the spring a may be formed with but-fone elastic arm; that but one arm need be bent, or have a hook formed at the'end'threof; that instead ofimaking the hole in one endlof bobbin b lnrgerlthan at the other,a groove may be formed in one or both sides 'of the inferior of such bobbi; or finally, the holo through the bobbin b being all the way' ofasize, the spring-fastening a may be made a little longer than the bobbin, the bottom or lower end of whichvrould then operate or serve the same purpose as the shoulder e, for the retention of the spring a; and in this last-mentioned manner my improved fastening may be readily applied to the common curtain-tassel found in the market. A l

'But I consider all these variations substantially Vthe same, and claim them ashmy invention.V I

Having thus described the construction and manner of using my fastening, what I claim as new, and for which I desire to secure Letters Eatcnt, is,- I

Connecting the bobbn b and cord c by means of the spring'a, -substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

i S. B. HILL.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY SANDERS, F. 0. ALLEN. 

